[Turkey]KNIFE ATTACK AGAINST TRANS WOMAN
A trans woman in Ankara almost lost her hand following a knife attack. She told Kaos GL about her experience during the attack, the neglect from the police, and how she was tagged as “military deserter” in the process.

[Turkey]
Last night and early this morning, 4 sex worker trans women from 3 different provinces of Turkey have become victims of severe violence.

Gulsen, a sex worker trans person (who is originally from Azerbaijan) was stabbed several times at her apartment by allegedly 2 Syrian men. According to the allegations of her close friends, these same men visited her previously as clients and therefore she accepted them. She went through a very critical operation this morning and sex worker trans women and allies visited the hospital and supported her. She is currently under intensive care and according to the doctors, her health situation is still critical.

Another Sex worker trans woman was brought to the same hospital while Gulsen's supporters were waiting. The victim was shot. She is well now.

The house of 3 sex worker trans women in Gebze (Kocaeli) was shot by a client last night. One of the sex workers was shot from one of her legs and she was taken to hospital.

Another sex worker trans woman was stabbed from her back last night in Izmir. She was taken to hospital.

[Russia]Russian LGBT Activists March In “Rainbow May Day”
LGBT rights activists in St. Petersburg marched in the city’s May Day parade today. May 1 is a public holiday in Russia and is traditionally marked by mass state-sanctioned demonstrations.

[Canada/USA]Coming to terms with a transgender parent: one family’s journey
When their father diligently chaperoned their school dances, bake sales and field trips, Sharon Shattuck and her sister Laura would cringe: Dad was showing up dressed like a woman, having recently come out as a transgender. Going through their own hormonal transitions and trying to fit in at school, the adolescent girls didn’t care for dad’s earrings and blush.

[USA] Sense8's Transgender Star Jamie Clayton: 'We Are All Human Beings and There Is No Normal'
Now more than ever, entertainment's spotlight is on the transgender community.
Milestones are reached regularly, whether via a history-making Emmy nomination for Orange Is the New Black star Laverne Cox, a new reality series for trans teen Jazz Jennings or Bruce Jenner's groundbreaking April 24 20/20 interview, in which the former Olympian told the world he is transitioning from male to female.

[USA] Prominent M.D.: 'Gender confusion' a fleeting mental disorder
Throwing another monkey wrench in homosexual activists' claim that there is a "gay" gene — that homosexual behavior manifests from a biological condition rather than from a choice — a prominent psychiatrist argues that gender confusion is a temporary mental disorder that leads to suicidal tendencies, if nurtured.

[CA, USA] 'Doubtfire’ arson suspect facing life term works own case
Every day, while isolated in her San Francisco County Jail cell, Tyqwon Welch pores over a large stack of court documents. The 25-year-old transgender woman is facing life in prison, accused of trying to burn down her former plastic surgeon’s home — the iconic “Mrs. Doubtfire” house in San Francisco.

[MI, USA]Trans Woman Being Held in Mississippi Men’s Prison Facility
On April 28th, 2015, The Sun Herald paper in Biloxi Mississippi reported on a crime committed by “two men,” Cameron Michael Anglin and Richard Alan Mauffray. Through sources that reached out to us, it was confirmed that Mauffray is a trans woman who was booked as a man.

[NY, USA] Wilson tells parents of transgender teacher
The principal at Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School has informed parents that a teacher at the school is transgender and that a meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Monday at the school to provide education for parents and students.

[TX, USA] Transgender community seeking legislative remedies
Jonathan Bow once was one of Texas’ most prominent public servants, spending 10 years as assistant attorney general and another decade as the head of a major state agency. On the eve of his retirement last summer, Bow made what then was the most important decision of his life: to tell his employees, friends and the world that he was transgender.

[WI, USA] Media sheds light on transgender community, but more is needed
The recent death of Ohio transgender teen Leelah Alcorn – who took her own life because her parents refused to support her as a female – and Bruce Jenner's interview with Diane Sawyer on Friday during which he spoke openly about transitioning into a woman brought more light to those whose self-identity does not conform to conventional notions of male or female gender.